[UPDATED] 2 bodies found in forested area in Penal

Although the decomposing bodies found over the weekend in Penal remained unidentified up to Monday afternoon, police investigators believe they might have been Venezuelans.

On Sunday, hunters came upon the bodies of a man and woman in a forested area off Moolchan Trace Extension, off the Penal Rock Road, and alerted the police.

Police said the two might have been there for days or weeks, judging from the state of the bodies.

The police found several documents, including “cedulas de identidad” (Venezuelan identity cards), bearing the names Jonathan Antonio Sanchez Lepage, 27, and Carmen Amarilys Sanchez, 36, both from Tucupita, in the Delta Amacuro State.

The police also found documents like the tarjeta de vacunacion (vaccination card) and carnet de la patria (country card).

Autopsies are expected to determine the causes of death.

Newsday confirmed that no one reported the two people missing to the South Western Division police. However, Newsday learnt that the two were renting an apartment along Penal Rock Road but moved out about two or three weeks ago.

The whereabouts of Lepage and Sanchez remained unknown.

Penal and Homicide Bureau Region III police are investigating.

Anyone with information on their identities or the circumstances of their deaths can call the Penal police station at 647-8888 or the nearest police station.

People can also call the police at 555, 999 or Crime Stoppers at 800-TIPS (8477).

This story has been adjusted to include additional details. See original post below.

South Western Division and Homicide Bureau Region III police are investigating the discovery of the bodies of two unidentified men on Sunday night in Penal.

The decomposing bodies were found in a forested area off Mulchan Trace Extension, off the Penal Rock Road.

Reports are hunters came upon the bodies at around 6 pm and alerted the police.

Both were lying on their backs, one wearing short pants, the other in long pants.

Police said the dead men might have been there for days or weeks, judging from the state of the bodies.

Anyone with information on their identities or the circumstances of their deaths can call the Penal police station at 647-8888 or the nearest police station.

People can also call the police at 555, 999 or Crime Stoppers at 800-TIPS (8477) or report it via the TTPS App.